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Calcitonin serum levels in different pituitary diseases. A preliminary report

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The calcitonin (CT) concentration has been determined in the serum of 17 patients with different pituitary diseases. More or less elevated levels were found in 7 of them. No definite correlation has been observed between the immunoreactive CT and the different pituitary hormones.

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  1. Istituto di Semeiotica Medica II, Università di Padova, Policlinico di B.go Roma, 37100, Verona, Italy

    D. Ziliotto, G. Luisetto, M. Cecchini, M. Gastaldo, G. Francia & L. Padovan

  2. Laboratoire de Radioimmunologie, Université de Liege, Liege, Belgium

    G. Heynen

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Ziliotto, D., Luisetto, G., Cecchini, M. et al. Calcitonin serum levels in different pituitary diseases. A preliminary report. J Endocrinol Invest 3, 71–72 (1980). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03348221

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